Partial thyroid removed

[triplle1964]

I had my right thyroid removed and after surgery the middle top part of my head would tingle and I felt off, like on pain meds or ear infection.
I was wondering how doctors could miss my symptoms as they were, Fatigued, swollen calves and fingers and face, mood swings, extreme dry skin on legs and middle of back and other areas, major brain fog and insomnia so bad that for three days and nights could not sleep at all and lunesta and ambien done zip 30 mg of lunesta and not even a nod off. And weight loss lg number then weight gain also high protein in blood count
I did get my doc to listen and he has me on levothyroxine 0.025mcg since Jan 14th 2010 and I feel the exact same no energy almost can not get out of bed now feeling depressed hungry restless anxiety craving God knows what . can not concentrate feel like I am literally losing my damn mind what could possibly doing this?

[Super_sally888]

Hi,

have you had blood tests done for FT3, FT4, TSH and Calcium.  Please post results (and reference ranges) of any tests you've had done.

Your meds need to be adjusted based on the test results and how you feel.  You need to read up so that you can be an educated patient too..

Let us know.

[blsdnsvd]

25mcg is the minimum dosage and very little at that. My endo told me that 25mcg would do nothing for me and that is probably due to my size and height. I was started on 50mcg and had to increase to 75mcg because i was feeling exhausted after 2pm each day. All of your symptoms are due to underactive thyroid....your doc will have to increase your dosage for you to notice any relief of the symptoms. Whatever you do, do not settle, stay persistent with your doc.